The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1887-07-29
JULY BLIsTERs.
Red letter day-Aug, 18th

lightning.
The new postoftice outfit is decidedly
neat, ehs
Alexandria has organized gun club
with twenty members.
The postoftice will be mo ed to its new
quarters next Sunday.
A bevy of quails live on j. r. loves
place at the Bijou Hills.
There is fine batch of fresh pork
sausage at Byrne's market
There is such thing as too much of
| good thing-rain, for instance
Tie expense of the last term of court
in Brule county was 81 ,6276O.
Work will commence on the Plankin.
ton reform school about Oct. 1.
DR.. Milliron has purchased his present
dwelling quarters of Dr. Bycrs.
Willie Richards makes crack at Puk-
wana horse owners in this issue.
A Catholic convent to support sixty
inmates is to be built at Aberdeen.
The commissioners at their last meet
ing raised the SELDOM license to $500.
Brooks county. Georgia, will ship
$50. 900 worth of melons this season.
Mr.. c. S. Blodgctt hos-what in COM
mon parlancc is known as-lots of sand.
A fire was seen cast of town dur ng the
thunder storm Monday night. Probably
straw stack.
DR.. Hollinger has built q new barn,
large enough to accommodate six or eight
head Of horses.
4 d. G. Grippcn has number Of Sibe
rian crab apple trees loaded down with
fine large fruit.
The Dakota Shirt Co. at Aurora will
move the plant to Brookngs if enough
stuff" is put up.
The attractive premium list OF the
Aurora county fair was printed by the
Plankinton Standard.
The editor of the GRAPHIC has some
good grass on his claim miles east Of
town which is for sale.
An effort is bel made to arrange a
base ba.l tournament here on Aug. 10Th
the day of the big Tho tro;"
The T. NJ. z. a. of rlankinton esti
mate the acreage of flax in Dakota to be
only aboat one tenth of last year.
AT Canton last week three year-old
hoy of Frank Aikcns fell into tub of
hot water and died in a few hours.
During the past two weeks the NOR
tality among the children of Mitchell and
vicinity has been greatly increased.
With three large elevators ard the
big Touring mill all in row, Kmball
will show up well from the incoming
trains.
Bregas, the Tailor, has received new
line of paintings. Go and see him and
let him fit you out with he .t-fitting
pair of pants.
Postmaster Ochsncrs new outfit of
Yale boxes has come and the new office
next door to Ochsner Bros.--is being
fitted up for occupancy.
Aberdeen moved the county record.
from Columbia Tuesday. There was .
big procession headed by brass bsnt
and big bow out generally.
The county treasurer's report July
shows s21 ,901 80 in outstanding warrant
with about 81, 800 on hand to be applied
in the reduction of the same.
The Woonsocket club play at Mi'chci
with the local club on Wednesday next
Monday the Piankinton cl b play tn,
Mitchells at the latter place.
Kimb II to have W clcv tor.
: is to be built at once by one of thu
McMichael Brothers, who have nnmer
Gus elevators in South d kota.
If there has been rain in this section
this year that has skipped Kimball W,
don't know when it was. Is it the artcs
: i'm lake that brings the showers?
The GRAruIc understands that Whit
Lake has got young man who professe
to be quite foot racer. Wonder if b
4 wants to tackle one of our boys?
The land patents keep rolling in t
the Mitchell land office. The GRAPH
office keeps list of them as fast as pub
:. ss lishcd by the Mitchell Republican,.
so Frank Adams, of Mitchell, is trainin
Nellie b. for the race Aug. IS. He cam
up Monday and drove the mare down
/, Plankinton, where he will keep her fo
pr the present.
ID w. W. Norton wrote the GRAPH
" from Iowa last week; HAS been as he
here as 1889 in the shade. also very DIR,
Hay very short, Dakota is goo
country yet"
Y One Of the herd of horses from tn
Black Hills was killed by lightning Sa
nd nd urday night. The two men watchin
" the herd were only about fifty feet di
tant from the horse.
- The commissioners at Yankton ha,
, refused TO order an election on loc
|, option on the grounds that the petite
70 did not contain enough names. Prob
bitionists threaten to take the matter i
y to court.
A dwelling house belonging to Thorn
Mul!iran, situated four miles south
. Plankinton. was struck by ightnil
Monday night and burned. The inmat
were not harmed.
White Lake will vote tomorrow
Saturday-to bond the town tor 3,s
for IN artcsian well. There has be
r~ considerable wrangling over the locate
. of the wcll-north side against the sou
}, side.
The stock yards are being remov
this week to the Eorth side of the ira
- to make room for the new elevator. t